Vehicle-tire.



No. 643,875. Paten-fed rgb@ 2o, |9061 n. N. .mnu/m a'r. A. cnowELL.

v VEHICLE TIRE. (Application filed July 3, 1899.)v

lu Mollet) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID N. JORDAN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, AND FRANK A. OROWELL, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.-

VEHICLE-TIRE.

SPECIFICATIONformng part of Letters Patent No. 643,875, dated February 20, 1900I Application filed .l'uly 3, 1899. Serial No. 72 2,749. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that We, DAVID N. JORDAN, re-

siding in the city and county 0f Providence and State of Rhode Island, and FRANK A. CROWELL, residing in the town of Attleborough, county of Bristol, and State of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tires, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto means for securing rubber tiresl to the Wheels of vehicles, such as constructed with the usual Wooden rim having'a Hat metal tire.

It consists in the combination, with the rim of a Wheel of the character designated, of a solid-rubber tire having a iiat interior surface and provided with longitudinal slots formed transversely through its thickness and close to the said interior surface and further provided With a circular groove formed laterally in each side thereof and outwardly from said slots, a thin metallic clip in each of said slots having its projecting ends bent vertically with a perforation near each extremity thereof, a circular ann ular lian ge located upon each side of the rubber tire and having a laterally-projecting circular flange to enter the grooves of the same, said annular liange closing over the extended portions of the clips, with means for securing the said parts to the rim of the Wheel, as hereinafter described.

Figure l represents a partial side elevation of a vehicle-Wheel embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken in line :cx of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view taken in line y y of- Fig. l. Fig; 4 is a top plan View taken in line z z of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clip.- Fig. 6 represents a partial side elevation of the rubber tire, showing the relative position of the clips in dotted position on the same.

Letters of reference correspond to similar parts in the drawings.

A designates the Wooden rim of a vehicle'- WheeL'and B the metal tire therefor, these parts being of the usual construction.

C is the solid-rubber tire, having its tread or outer surface semicircular in cross-sectional form and its inner surface made flat. Said tire is provided with longitudinal slot-s d, molded in the rubber and extending transversely through the saine from each side thereof and close to the inner surface of the tire;

surface of the same and provided with a perforation p near each extremity thereof.

E E represent circular annular flanges located upon each side of the rubber tire and having laterally-projecting circular anges e e, which enter the corresponding grooves ff insaid tire. The outer edges of the annular ilanges flare slightly outward, as shown at g, to form a guard to protect the tread portion of the rubber vin the manner as illustrated in Fig. 3. These side flanges may be made of malleable cast metal having out- Ward depressions h, forming pockets to inclose the vertical sides of the clips and terminating With the inner edges thereof, said annular flanges provided with `perforations corresponding in size and location with the perforations in the clips.

To apply the aforesaid construction of parts to the Wheel of a vehicle, the projecting edges of the iron tire B are first ground flush With the sides of the wooden rim A, after which the rubber-tire is placed in position thereon and conforming in Width to the face of the metal rim. The thin flat strips forming clips D are then inserted Within the slots d, and the projecting ends being of sufficient length that when the same is bent"vertically they each extend in length to nearly the depth of the Wooden rim, as seen in Fig. 2. The rubber tire thus applied to the Wheel is secured against lateral displacement by means of the annular flan ge having late rallyproj ectin g circular flanges which enter the grooves of said tire, the Whole being secured to the Wood rim by bolts ,which pass through the perforations made in the ianges E and clips D, re spectively, said bolts having their projecting IOO ends riveted over upon the outer side of said ianges, thus firmly securing the parts together. These annular flanges are constructed in four parts, each section overlapping the other, as shown at 7c of Fig. 4, and the ends connected together by a bolt.

Having described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the wheel of a vehicle provided With a metal tire, of a solidrubber tire having a ilat inner surface and provided with a series of longitudinal slots molded laterally from either side thereof and close to its inner surface and a circular groove molded on each side and beyond said series of slots, a thin metallic strip in each of said slots and having its projecting end portions bent to overlap the sides of the Wood rim with a perforation near each extremity thereof, an annular ilange having a laterally-projecting flange adapted to enter the grooves of the tire, said annular flanges having outward depressions forming pockets adapted to inelose the extended side portions of the strips Withl perforations corresponding in size and location to the perforations in the same, a bolt passing through said perforations and through the Wood rim for securing the parts together, as shown and described.

2. The herein-described vehicle-tire, consisting of the rubber tire A having a at inner surface and provided with slots d passing through from either side thereof and a circular groove f formed on each side of the tire and beyond said slots, in combination therewith, of the metallic strip D adapted to enter each of said slots in the tire and having its projecting end portions bent vertically with a perforation near each extremity thereof, the side annular flanges E E having circulaiprojecting flanges e e adapted to enter the grooves of the tire, said annular flanges having outward depressions 7L and perforations corresponding in size and location with the perforations in the metallic strip, with the bolt for securing the parts together to the Wood rim of the Wheel, as shown and described.

Sgned by us at Providence, Rhode Island, this 21st day of July, A. D. 1899.

DAVID N. JORDAN. FRANK A. CROWELL. lVitnesses: ISAAC N. LINCOLN, VICTOR DE LA BARRE. 

